MAVROCORDAT See also:

• MAVROCORDAT MAVROCORDATO

MAVROCORDATO  Or MAVROGORDATO, the name of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of Phanariot Greeks, distinguished in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, See also:

• RUMANIA
• RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia]

Rumania and See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• GREECE

Greece . The family was founded by a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of See also:

• CHIOS

Chios, whose son See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• MAVROCORDATO, MAVROCORDAT

Mavrocordato (c . 1636–1709), a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine of See also:

• BOLOGNA
• BOLOGNA, GIOVANNI DA (1524–1608)

Bologna, became dragoman to the See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan in 1673, and was much employed in negotiations with See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria . It was he who See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up the treaty of See also:

• KARLOWITZ, or CARLOWITZ (Hungarian, Karloeza; Croatian, Karlovci)

Karlowitz (1699) . He became a secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and was created a See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire . His authority, with that of Hussein Kupruli and Rami See also:

• PASHA

Pasha, was supreme at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of Mustapha II., and he didmuch to ameliorate the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the Christians in Turkey . He was disgraced in 1703, but was recalled to court by Sultan Ahmed III . He See also:

• LEFT

left some See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical, grammatical, &c. See also:

• TREATISES

treatises of little value . His son See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

NICHOLAS MAVROCORDATO (1670–1730) was See also:

• GRAND

grand dragoman to the See also:

• DIVAN (Arabic divan)

Divan (1697), and in 1708 was appointed See also:

• HOSPODAR

hospodar (See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince) of See also:

• MOLDAVIA

Moldavia . Deposed, owing to the sultan's suspicions, in favour of See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius Cantacuzene, he was restored in 1711, and soon afterwards became hospodar of See also:

• WALACHIA, or WALLAHHIA

Walachia . In 1716 he was deposed by the Austrians, but was restored after the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of Passarowitz . He was the first See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek set to See also:

• RULE

rule the Danubian principalities, and was responsible for establishing the See also:

• SYSTEM

system which for a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years was to make the name of Greek hateful to the Rumanians .

He introduced Greek See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners, the Greek See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and Greek See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume, and set up a splendid court on the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model . For the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest he was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of enlightenment, founded See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries and was himself the author of a curious See also:

• WORK

work entitled IIepi KaOiiKOVTwv (See also:

• BUCHAREST (Bucuresci)

Bucharest, 1719) . He was succeeded as grand dragoman (1709) by his son See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John (Ioannes), who was for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short while hospodar of Moldavia, and died in 1720 . Nicholas Mavrocordato was succeeded as prince of Walachia in 1730 by his son See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine . He was deprived in the same See also:

• YEAR

year, but again ruled the principality from 1735 to 1741 and from 1744 to 1748; he was prince of Moldavia from 1741 to 1744 and from 1748 to 1749 . His rule was distinguished by numerous tentative reforms in the fiscal and administrative systems . He was wounded and taken prisoner in the affair of Galati during the Russo-See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, on the 5th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1769, and died in captivity .